Institutional Trading of Digital Assets to Lead the Hot Topics at A-Team’s TradingTech Summit London
Following a hiatus due to the Covid pandemic, A-Team’s TradingTech Summit is back in London this February for the 11th time, and will bring together trading technology professionals from across the industry, to discuss how firms are innovating in today’s cloud and digital based environment to create flexible and scalable trading platforms. A wide range...
Date: 10 March 2022 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes Data governance is transforming from a risk management and compliance tool with limited and prescriptive controls, to a solution that can help you optimise the business value of your data. In this role, data governance must scale to manage…
Now in its 11th year the TradingTech Summit London brings together the European trading technology capital markets industry, to explore how trading firms are innovating in today’s cloud and digital based environment to create flexible, scalable trading platforms to support speed to market and business agility.
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Welcome to the ninth edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Data Handbook, a publication dedicated to helping you gain a full understanding of regulations related to your organisation from the details of requirements to best practice implementation. This edition of the handbook includes a focus on regulations being rolled out to bring order and standardisation to…
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Following a hiatus due to the Covid pandemic, A-Team’s TradingTech Summit is back in London this February for the 11th time, and will bring together trading technology professionals from across the industry, to discuss how firms are innovating in today’s cloud and digital based environment to create flexible and scalable trading platforms. A wide range...
For a boutique asset manager, impact-focused Triodos Investment Management gets lots of air time. The recent winner of a MainStreet Partners ESG Champion of 2022 award, the Dutch manager makes no bones about putting its philosophy where its mouth is. The firm recently signed an open letter calling for reform of the European Union’s Common...
The Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) of the Global LEI System (GLEIS) has revised two elements of policy covering the reporting of LEI parent relationship data, also known as Level 2 data. To improve the usability of Level 2 data, the ROC has revised the list of opt-out reasons that can be used by an entity...
Tel Aviv-based surveillance system provider Shield has raised $15 million to expand its global sales teams and expand its capabilities. The series A funding round was led by Macquarie Capital and OurCrowd. Founded in 2018, Shield uses artificial intelligence (AI) and natural programming language (NPL) to identify market abuse and conduct issues. Its platform monitors...
Financial institutions and corporations often generate huge quantities of data as a by product of their core activities. This data – details of historical transactions, customer interactions and metadata for referring to instruments, counterparties or entities – can provide valuable insights for industry participants, and form the basis of a meaningful data sales business. But...
The global political climate over the past few years has sparked a jump in the use of sanctions to attempt to influence the behaviour of players in the geopolitical landscape. While sell-side firms are familiar with sanctions and have long been required to monitor the securities they trade, own or recommend to clients to ensure...
The complex network of relationships that financial institutions have built with multiple partners has created a huge operational burden, resulting in significant operational risk as well as financial and compliance risk. Dating back decades, many of these relationships are now managed as a separate business function, costing organisations millions of dollars. Add in regulatory obligations,...
Know Your Customer (KYC) is a process to which financial institutions must adhere in order to comply with global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations. It requires the institution to verify the identity of its clients and to obtain detailed due diligence information in order to assess the potential risk of illegal activity. Find out more on our Knowledge Hub.
Data lineage traces data from source to destination, noting every move the data makes and taking into account any changes to the data during its journey for full traceability. It is critical to regulatory compliance and offers numerous business and operational benefits. Read all about what it is, who it impacts, what the challenges and potential solutions are, as well as review our latest content on the topic and a list of solutions providers.
Regulatory reporting comprises the submission of raw or formatted data as required by regulators to evaluate and track the financial and operational status of financial institutions and their compliance with required regulatory provisions. Find out all about it in our Knowledge Hub.
Electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology provider Horizon Software has collaborated with Business France Poland, part of a French national agency that supports the international development of the French economy, to expand the company’s services in the region. Through the collaboration, the company aims for its technology to be deployed on a larger scale, to…
ION Markets, the global provider of trading, analytics, and risk management solutions for capital markets, has announced that broker and market maker Peel Hunt has selected ION as a long-term partner to grow its equity market making business in European markets, using ION’s Fidessa Trading Platform. Peel Hunt provides execution services across global markets, and…
The universe of ESG data services has expanded with Dow Jones and Amsterdam Data Collective (ADC) announcing the creation of new offerings for financial institutions. New York-based Down Jones will sell data sets comprising sustainability scores on more than 6,000 listed companies. The company said the service would also provide “uniquely news driven” data to…
Risk analytics and indexing platform Qotingo has added ESG risk data from RepRisk to its client offering. RepRisk’s artificial intelligence-backed analyses and ESG data will be available to users of Qotingo’s Axioma Portfolio Analytics (APA) platform. It will also be used to build indexes within Qotingo’s STOXX brands. This is Qontingo’s latest addition to its…
Shipping risk assessment company RightShip has launched a carbon accounting suite of tools to calculate cargo vessel’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Carbon Accounting Reporting Tool measures, monitors and benchmarks shipping-related emissions, which are thought to account for 3 per cent of total global GHG creation. The product comes as the European Union prepares to…
Today, 19 January 2022, is the deadline for industry feedback on the Derivatives Service Bureau’s (DSB) consultation on the legal terms and conditions, and client support model expected to apply to users of the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) Service, which is due to be launched later this year. The consultation sets out the proposals for…
The search is on for members to sit on the IFRS Foundation’s recently created International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). The Foundation said it is looking for applicants to fill 11 seats on the ISSB, which is chaired by former Danone and Ryanair executive Emmanuel Faber. The board will eventually comprise 14 members including Faber and…
Envizi has been acquired by IBM, with the tech giant set to incorporate the environmental data and analytics provider’s software into its own suite of artificial intelligence-driven performance tools. Envizi’s solutions enable companies to measure their environmental impact based on 500 data points. New York-based IBM said the tech would build on its own tools…
Sustainability data provided by Sustainalytics, ISS and Clarity AI will now be available to clients of risk analytics and indexing platform Qotingo. The three vendors’ feeds will be incorporated in Qotingo’s cloud-hosted Axioma Portfolio Optomizer (APO). Sustainalytics’ data will also be included in the company’s Axioma Portfolio Analytics (APA) for performance attribution and reporting, and…
Avelacom, a low latency connectivity and infrastructure provider, has launched colocation and network services with Japan Exchange Group (JPX) and has become one of the exchange’s arrownet-Global Partner Network vendors. Avelacom has been increasing its presence in Tokyo over the past four years, by opening a branch office in Tokyo, operating points-of-presence (PoPs) in several…
Delta Capita, a provider of managed services, solutions and consulting to capital markets participants, has acquired JDX Consulting, a resource augmentation and consulting business headquartered in the UK and with presence in the US and APAC. The acquisition is part of Delta Capita parent Prytek technology group’s commitment to allocate $500 million to accelerate development…
Trading Technologies, the trading software, infrastructure and data solutions company recently acquired by 7RIDGE, has confirmed that it has invested $6.35 million in risk management technology company KRM22, and entered into a distribution agreement to market and distribute KRM22 risk management products. The investment and distribution agreement represent the first stage of cooperation between TT…
Trading solutions vendor ION Markets has upgraded its connectivity to Trumid, an electronic bond trading platform, to support Trumid’s Attributed Trading, a disclosed dealer-to-client negotiation protocol, through the ION Credit solution. The upgrade, which builds on previous versions of Trumid supporting axe contribution and post-trade functionalities, now provides access to diverse market data sources, automation…
Bloomberg Data Management Services (DMS) is to manage the ESG data of M&G Investments, consolidating the UK investment house’s sustainability information feeds into its cloud-based platform. The deal will see DMS link M&G’s ESG data with its analytics, pricing and other data sources, mapping them to a common hierarchy. M&G clients will be able to…
Climate risk calculations provider The Climate Service has been acquired by S&P Global to bolster its ESG data products. The Durham, North Carolina-based company created the Climanomics platform, which quantifies companies’ climate risks in alignment with the Task Force gor Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). S&P Global will add the service to its ESG offerings,…
Front-office solutions provider Broadway has appointed Brad Small as Head of Product. Small joins the Executive Team and will steer the product vision, planning, strategies and projects for Broadway’s software solutions. He arrives with over 20 years of financial services industry experience, having previously held senior roles at ING, National Australia Bank, JP Morgan, Bear…
SmartSearch, an anti-money laundering specialist using electronic entity verification, has named Guy Harrison as CEO with responsibility to drive the company’s strategic growth plan. Harrison joins from Dow Jones, where he was general manager of the company’s risk and compliance business. He takes over the CEO role from SmartSearch CEO and founder John Dobson, who…
NeoXam has named former State Street COO France, Bruno Noyon, as managing director for the EMEA West region. Noyon joins NeoXam having most recently been managing director of IQ-EQ France and CEO of Equitis Gestion. Prior to this, he spent over 15 years as COO and senior vice president of State Street’s Global Servicing business…
Moody’s ESG Solutions clients can now examine how companies’ emissions targets align with global net-zero benchmarks via a new Temperature Alignment Data product. The launch came as the company published a report that showed fewer than half of 4,400 companies surveyed had set emissions targets and only 17 per cent mentioned “net-zero”. Meanwhile, Moody’s has…
Electronic trading solutions provider Horizon Software has hired Sebastien Cathelin as Global Head of Presales, to help to grow Horizon’s global client base and expand Horizon’s trading services footprint in the APAC, EMEA and US regions. Cathelin brings a deep understanding of both market making and algorithmic trading, having started his career on the trading…
Exegy has named Devry Ross as Global Head of Partners and Jared Singer as Head of Sales – Americas as it builds out its global sales organisations following its merger with Vela. Ross joins from Bizagi where she was Director of Partners and Alliances – North America. Prior to joining Bizagi, she was Strategic Partner…
Front-office solutions provider Broadway Technology has expanded its leadership team by promoting three long-serving members of staff into key roles. Eitan Reich has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer, Misha Weinberg as VP of Engineering, and Dario Gatta as Chief Information Officer. Reich will drive Broadway’s overall technology vision, strategy and innovation roadmap. Weinberg will…
Following its merger with Vela Trading Systems in May, Exegy has made a number of changes to its leadership team. Former Vela CEO Jen Nayer, who has served as Chief Integration Officer since the merger, is leaving the company to pursue other interests. Exegy Chief Financial Officer Krista Steward takes over as CIO; Dave Foster…
Communications surveillance specialist VoxSmart has opened a new office in Queenstown, New Zealand, expanding its presence in the APAC region where it already maintains offices in Singapore and Melbourne. The new office will be headed by VoxSmart COO, Adrienne Muir, a native New Zealander. The expansion marks a period of rapid growth for VoxSmart, following…
Emerging corporate bond trading platform LedgerEdge has appointed Dom Holland to the role of Business Development for the US, reporting to Michelle Neal, US CEO. Holland’s appointment will support the US expansion of the company, which is rolling out a global corporate bond trading platform built on distributed ledger technology (DLT). Holland was previously Head…
Trading technology provider Iress has launched a dedicated API Data and Trading Solutions team to support demand for the company’s market data and infrastructure solutions. The company says the development marks the completion of the full integration of the QuantHouse business, which it acquired in May 2019. The new team will support clients using Iress’s…
The Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI), the United Nations’ body that’s drawing up guidelines for sustainable finance, has appointed former AMP Capital executive David Atkin as its new Chief Executive. Atkin will take over the reins from Fiona Reynolds on December 10. In a career that has spanned major Australian asset managers Cbus, ESS Super…
Liquidnet, the global institutional investment network, has hired Nicholas Stephan as Global Head of Fixed Income Product, Services and Dealer Relations, based in New York. The appointment is the latest in a series of hires in EMEA and the Americas that has significantly increased the size and expertise of the fixed income team since Liquidnet’s…
Specialist global electronic trading consultancy Adaptive Financial Consulting, has appointed Fergus Keenan as its Chief Strategy Officer, responsible for implementing the firm’s overarching business vision and strategy. Based in New York, Keenan will be help to drive Adaptive’s global growth as the business expands its client base, delivering proprietary trading solutions across asset classes for…
USAM, the New York-based provider of integrated sales, marketing, and advisory services to growth-stage financial technology companies, has added five new clients to its roster: Urvin.ai, TransFICC, MAP Digital, eLoomina and Bodo.ai. The company has also recruited five new members of staff, across operations, sales and marketing and data science/programming, and has launched a new…
A-Team Group is proud to announce the winners of the highly respected 2021 Data Management Insight Awards. The Data Management Insight awards, now in their ninth year, recognise leading providers of data management solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants.
The fast-growing shift towards ESG-focused investing has driven a need for new data sources and better technology solutions in order to meet regulatory and corporate needs. A multitude of vendors have introduced products and services aimed at helping financial institutions to navigate these challenges. Our brand new ESG Insight awards have been designed to shine a light on those providers and celebrate innovations that help us make progress with such an important goal for the industry.
The votes have been counted and we are pleased to announce the winners! These awards celebrate providers of leading RegTech solutions, services and consultancy. These awards are uniquely designed to recognise both start-up and established providers who are creatively finding solutions to help with regulatory challenges, and span a wide range of regulatory requirements.
